Recruiter found my resume in the applicant tracking system (I had applied some time in the past) and contacted me for a Project Manager role. Went through a phone screen, a culture/personality test, and 3 separate rounds of interviewers with peers and the hiring manager. Everything was going smoothly - interviews were scheduled in a timely fashion, recruiter as communicative and I received nothing but good feedback on my interview performance - until the interview with the hiring manager concluded. At the end of my interview with him (he's a VP), he mentioned that I might need to do yet another round of interview with the CHRO....and that's when I knew the shenanigans would begin. They knew I had another off on the table so I needed them to make a decision quickly. The VP is perfectly capable of hiring who he wants for his team, a meeting with CHRO was not a critical need and we all knew it. All of a sudden nobody can be reached when previously the process was going so smoothly. A whole day and a half passed and the recruiter just couldn't get in contact with the VP or the CHRO. I had no choice, but to accept my other offer which is exactly what they wanted. I am a woman of color and I'm convinced they just didn't want me on the team - there isn't a single person of color on the US-based team. Women of Color go through this so much in Corporate America...interviewed for DE&I metrics, but never actually hired/promoted for anything other than entry-level/lower paying roles. I'm sure they told the team that the issue was just a matter of timing and I had accepted a job elsewhere...it's a lie - I was backed into a corner and they needed a way out of hiring me. This is the trauma women of color have to continuously carry with us. I was qualified (again, the recruiter reached out to me for the job!), I interviewed well (again, I received nothing but positive feedback) and should have been offered the job. But Bias will always trump "positive feedback" MRI, Do Better!